At the beginning of the founding of the Northwest Army, there was no money and no food, and there were only 18,000 poor soldiers.

If it was better in other places, but they were in such a poor and remote place, even if they wanted to learn how to eat and take cards, they couldn't do it.

The most important thing is that at that time, the Gumo State was strong and prosperous, and there was a great trend of eastward expansion, and the desert tribes were also forced to move again and again by the Gumo State, and they entered Shuiyun County for a long time to harass the border people.

Under such conditions, no matter who comes, I am afraid that there is no way.

But Chu Qianwen didn't believe in evil, and he took these eighteen thousand poor soldiers to gain a foothold in the northwest when everyone was not optimistic.

What should I do if I don't have military pay or rations?

It's easy to do, it's good to rob it, you can't rob the people, you can't stop me from robbing these desert tribes, right?

Spread out the eighteen thousand poor soldiers, and when they arrived on the territory of the desert tribe, no matter what it was, whether it was for food or money, as long as they could take it away, they would not let it go, completely imitating the way the desert tribe treated the people on the border of Shuiyun County.

In this way, 18,000 people became 20,000 or 30,000 people, and then slowly cavalry and infantry began to appear, and then expanded to 50,000, 70,000, 100,000.

Among the veterans of the Northwest Army, it is generally called a safari.

In the Northwest Army, if you want to be a cavalry, you must first be a foot soldier, and then go to feed the horses and after you are familiar with the horses, you will be assigned to the safari team, generally 50 to 100 people as a team, and then use 20 to 30 old cavalry and new cavalry to go to the depths of the desert to carry out the so-called safari of these desert tribes.

When they returned, the safari squad was to hand over three-tenths of the spoils, and the rest was to the soldiers themselves, so as to fill the pitiful gap.

After participating in more than two safaris, he became a light cavalry in the Northwest Army.

It was also under such a system that all the war interests had become privatized, making the Northwest Army extremely aggressive.

For the soldiers, as long as they fight, they will make money, as long as they can carry their swords to the battlefield, they will inevitably make a lot of money when they come back, and the Northwest Army can also use the money paid by the soldiers to recruit more soldiers, buy more war horses, and then loot the desert tribes.

This also forced the desert tribes to flee westward again, and in the end, the Northwest Army had to face the Gumo Kingdom.

But when Chu Qianwen personally took his subordinates to Gumo Country and came back with a large amount of loot, these soldiers were all overjoyed, and later many people took the initiative to apply to jump across the desert to go to Gumo Country deep in the desert for hunting, and in the end, Gumo Country had to fight with Chu Qianwen's Northwest Army.

Although it is said that the Northwest Army always conducts safaris, which makes people sound like a group of bandits, it does not mean that the combat strength of the Northwest Army is not good.

Chu Qianwen has a way of governing the army, and let them rob the tribes in the desert in order to fill the vacancy in military salaries and salaries, and at the same time, their training has never been left behind.

Especially on the battlefield, Chu Qianwen's arrangement can even be accurate to what each soldier should do when he encounters a certain situation.

The cooperation between the cavalry and the mutual care of the battle formations is even more convenient for Chu Qianwen.

There is also a very important point, that is, every cavalry of the Northwest Army participates in actual combat, you must know that all the people of the desert tribe are soldiers, if the number of men in a tribe reaches 500, then the number of soldiers in this tribe is close to 500, but every time the Northwest Army goes on a safari, it is more than 100 people to fight against the opponent's 500 people, which has requirements for speed and combat power.

This also led to the fact that when the cavalry of Gumo Country was later fought against Gumo State, the other party's reputation was terrifying, and he was known as the invincible cavalry army in the Western Regions, but the result was obvious, with 20,000 against 20,000, he was beaten by the Northwest Army and cried for his father, and with 50,000 against 50,000, he was beaten by the Northwest Army and lost his armor, and even when the lord of Gumo detained the impeachment minister Li Puyi because of the failure of the peace talks, Chu Qianwen directly led his troops to occupy the two border cities of Gumo State.

Compared with his father, Chu Yujia may be inferior in some places, but Chu Qianwen is also inferior to Chu Yujia in some places.

This is the case in the Northwest Army, when resting after the war, whether it is a general or a non-commissioned soldier, they are all comrades, and they can sit together and joke.

To put it bluntly, this is to relieve the tense atmosphere and relieve the grief of just losing a comrade.

Hearing those soldiers chattering in his ears about the interesting things that were crisscrossing the desert in the northwest back then, Chu Yujia also had the mood to listen.

Five hundred northwest light riders sat or stood, or in groups of three or five, or seven or eight people gathered together, some tired had already found a place to sleep without people, and some wanted to chat for a while sitting by the campfire eating dry food and chatting.

Tense during wartime, relaxed after war, if you can achieve freedom of retraction, then this army is an invincible army.

Chu Yujia was also a little tired, and after inspecting the defense and sentry conditions everywhere, he found a place where no one was there and fell asleep against the wall.

Running around day and night along the way, when he arrives here, he goes straight into battle, I'm afraid even an iron man can't bear it, let alone that he is not.

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and the soldiers of the Northwest Light Cavalry leaned on each other to sleep, and early the next morning, Yan Tianrui's team finally caught up with Chu Yujia's team.

Chu Yujia just sat on the mound of dirt, eating dry food with hot water, no different from other soldiers, and even worse, he had to stop for a while, listen to the reports from those scouts, and make proper arrangements.

When Yan Tianrui came over, he saw such a scene.

"General!"

Yan Tianrui stepped forward and bent down to salute, and said, "General Zhuang's side has already received the war horse we sent over, and there should be a thousand brothers joining the war group in the next few days." ”

"That's a good thing. ”

Chu Yujia nodded, and said: "You will stay in this old village for a while, and after he comes over with the thousand brothers, the two of you will make a handover, and then you personally lead five hundred men and horses to carry enough armor weapons for a thousand armor soldiers to run to the north road, and there is a poplar forest about a hundred miles north of Huma Pass, where do you go, directly find someone named Chu Haojie, and throw those weapons and armor to him, as for how he chooses, he will watch it himself." ”

"Yes, General. ”

Yan Tianrui did not doubt Chu Yujia's order, and at this time, he saw the captives of the desert tribe on the side, raised his eyebrows and said, "General, these are ......"

"Prisoners. ”

"When Lao Zhuang comes, you remember to tell him that these people can't be killed, and you have to hand over these people to Lao Meng in the rear. ”

Chu Yujia took a bite of the steamed bun and said: "This kid told me when I led the troops out, try to catch as many prisoners as possible, I don't know what he is doing, anyway, I will arrest the one who should be arrested, and let him ......watch it himself when the time comes."

After the whole army finished eating, Chu Yujia let the two teams be replaced, and continued to move forward with five hundred fresh troops, while Yan Tianrui took people to stay in place, a day later, Zhuang Jiade's team had already come, and after handing over everything here to Zhuang Jiade, he followed Chu Yujia's instructions, and took five hundred brothers with enough armor and weapons for a thousand people to go straight to the poplar forest that Chu Yujia said.

Although they were both old men in the Northwest Army back then,But Yan Tianrui and Chu Haojie are not familiar with each other,That is, when they met,I felt that I had just met before。

Yan Tianrui didn't talk nonsense,Directly threw the armor and weapons on the ground,Then he said Chu Yujia's words as they were,And then he took people away directly,Only Chu Haojie and his party looked at each other。

In the end,Chu Haojie gritted his teeth and said:"Brother who is willing to go with me,Come with me,If you don't want to go with me,Don't force it。 ”

Chu Yujia's words have been said obviously, that is, let Chu Haojie and his old soldiers return to the army.

Before, Chu Haojie was the commander of the first formation of the Eighth Corps,Now he has sent him a thousand sets of armor,That is, let him be his commander again。

Chu Haojie didn't hesitate,Grab the armor and put it on your body。

To tell the truth, he hadn't put on armor for a long time, especially the armor of this Ye army, for him, there was an indescribable emotion in it.

Yuan Ping, the centurion of the first formation of the Eighth Corps of the Northwest Army, didn't say a word,Seeing Chu Haojie put on armor,He also grabbed a set of armor directly from the ground and put it on his body,"Originally,Our old brothers were waiting for the young general to come back,Now the major general has returned to the northwest with his brothers,How can we not go。 ”

Another centurion, Yan Xiang, also spoke: "That's right, now that the major general's armor has been sent, what else do we have to say, anyway, I won't have anything in my life, so I can only be in the army, and now that the major general is back, if I don't go to the army, where else can I go?"

After speaking, Yan Xiang also grabbed the armor from the ground and put it on his body.

Seeing this, many people also came out, picked up armor from the ground, put it on their bodies, and grabbed their sabers and hung them around their waists.

In fact, Yan Xiang's words are what many people want to hear, and they are also the words in their hearts.

They joined the army in their teens, crawled out of the sea of corpses and blood, and later retired from the army with the old centurion and the commander because of their disappointment with the royal court, if there was no such thing, they were afraid that they would have to serve in the army for the rest of their lives, until the day when they could not lift a knife.

They are waiting in this poplar forest, aren't they waiting for the major general to return to the northwest to lead them to rebuild the northwest army, and now that the major general is back, what reason do they have not to go to the army?

As a result, many people did not hesitate any longer, and went up one after another to pick up the armor from the ground and put it on their bodies.

Chu Haojie looked at these brothers who were choosing armor,I can't help but sigh in my heart,Although the Northwest Army is called the Northwest Army,But who doesn't know,The Northwest Army has another name。

Northwest Chujia Army ......